COVID-19: S'pore confirms 49 new cases and new SingPost Centre cluster; total at 732

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COVID-19: 5 of 49 new cases linked to Fengshan PCF Sparkletots preschool - 67-year-old female non-teaching staff member - 4 family members of principal: girls aged, 2, 6, 13 + boy aged 11

The ages for the 49 new cases ranged from as young as 1 year old to 77 years old.The 22 imported cases had travel history to Europe, North America and South-East Asia. All except two were returning residents and long-term pass holders.Contact tracing is ongoing for the nine remaining local transmissions with no established links, said the MOH.

The six-year-old girl is enrolled at PPIS Child Development Centre’s Bedok Reservoir branch, said an Early Childhood Development Agency spokesperson.“As the child’s last contact with the PPIS Centre was 15 days before being tested positive, the PPIS Centre is not required to close for 14 days,” the spokesperson said.

Most of the remaining 432 hospitalised cases are stable or improving, while 17 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit, down from 18 on Thursday. On Wednesday, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said in Parliament that 38,000 people in Singapore are currently serving the mandatory 14-day stay-home notices, with the figure expected to rise with more returning here.

These would include the suspension of schools and closure of some workplaces, aside from those providing essential services.

 

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